I had a similar problem with an 2004 vintage philips lcd. Eventually the hdmi worked and I didn't have to replace it. I was hoping to have a good excuse to get something newer but with tivo providing an atsc tuner I'll have to wait to get something lighter and thinner.

I have a similar problem with a six year old 720P Panasonic plasma. Periodically the Mini output is "dark" and I have to remove and reseat the HDMI connection to get it to come back up.

+1

Seriously considering returning the Mini and Premiere XL I just bought. This is too frustrating. The TV is less than 6 years old and never had this issue with any other hardware (Cable DVR, DVD, PS/3, HTPC).

Seriously considering returning the Mini and Premiere XL I just bought. This is too frustrating. The TV is less than 6 years old and never had this issue with any other hardware (Cable DVR, DVD, PS/3, HTPC).

Yes, I have an idea. If the issue is fairly reproducible (for me it is not and mine only involves the Mini and a TV) then I would recommend contacting TiVo. You should get on that, because TiVo shows little interest for fixing issues with products once they've been out a while... if you bring it to their attention now there is a possibility that they will fix it sometime next year.

Workaround is to switch to component. TiVo is not alone in having issues with HDMI / HDCP handshaking with their boxes. The issue appears to be the spec which isn't very tight on tolerances.

That is what we in the tech world refer to as a "cop out". I literally have had dozens if not hundreds of HDMI devices pass through the doors of my home over the past six years and the only one that has had these types of issues is the TiVo.

Reporting that "other devices have problems too" is ridiculous.

If TiVo can't get HDCP working properly with their devices, and special (costly) cables are required to get this thing working TiVo should be providing them free of charge.

The Mini was new to me, went through 2-3 days trying things via TiVo tech support, then a replacement Mini. nothing fixed the problem. Switching to HDMI2 from HDMI1 minimized the problem but it still happened.

Finally switch to Component cabling after ordering a kit ... so far so good.